Poll: Are you tired of baby sea otter photos?

Aniak, right, a sea otter at the Seattle Aquarium, swims with her pup, which was born on Jan. 14. The female pup will be named in February after the public votes on a list of names prepared by aquarium staff. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)

Newsrooms tend to be populated with a bunch of cynics, so we ask ourselves periodically during the day who among us is tired of seeing and posting photos of the baby sea otter recently born at the Seattle Aquarium.

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